I see I'm too late to the party. The dd command is the ONLY way I've ever been able to successfully burn Arch to usb. The catch-22 is that you need a *nix to use this, and you are needing to do that so you can get a *nix. But, I've never had any luck doing it any other way.

Also, I was able to burn Arch onto a less than 1gb usb drive. Don't know if that matters to you..

they actually have dd for windows these days. lol! but im still having trouble even booting this shit lol. still working on it though.

Im trying to boot Arch from a USB. Right off the bat let me state that this is NOT an Arch problem. When i write any iso image to the usb (via UNB). On the boot-up, im prompted with the first screen "syslinux .. copywrite .. ect." It doesn't move from this screen. I have given it at one point 30 minutes max. keep in mind its like the screen is frozen and i cant type anything. Through my research i have concluded that this problem is not specific to any distro nor is it related to what program you use to write the image to the usb. (90% sure on that). a lot of people like to attach this to Ubuntu generally because its the most common distro im sure. the usb is formated with the FAT system and im doing this all in w7. i dont know if this is need information but for some reason the usb is recognized (by the computer) in the bios boot menu under "FDD" NOT "USB". please, i have not been able to find a solution anywhere. thanks.

Thanks so much, if jumping straight at it is the best thing to do then i will. ill run it along side w7 for now, i appluad you sir.. thanks for the advice, and how your experiences were. <3

ok, im editing my lastest cod ep. and im being really picky about the song i want. i cant find it. i want a song that is sad in the start, prefferably a piano kinda thing... but a drop with some heavy shit almost like "red planet" - kezwik.... any ideas?

Its all out there on the webs.
Hardly ever anything I couldnt solve by searching, hope you learned from that.

<3

Nope it was dd, and I understand I can download an instillation tool for windows from there website but that ruins my purpose. I really wanna boot it off my USB I just wish I knew what was wrong? Let me try everything suggested and I'll be back.

It's not that I'm lazy, I Have come home and have been working on this for three days straight... So please, chill out. It was the first time I realized there was another way besides vmwares shit. Arch just so happen to be the first distribution I tried dude. And if I'm told dd is the most efficient way then by hulks left testicle I learn it. I did not know arch was going to require the effort I have ALREADY put into it much less even more time. I understand I'm new, I understand people that know there shit hate new people lol I'm the same way. There is a reason I came to this forum specifily to learn and thats what I'm doing self accomplishment is fucking awsome being insulted sucks :,( thanks for everything guys. I know what I need to do <3

well, i said fuck Arch and tried somthing easier and went with ubuntu, it did the EXACT same thing. went to boot off of the USB and it went to start and didnt carry out... im just on the edge of saying fuck this.. lol